NIH Workshop on Nonverbal School-Aged Children with Autism

April 13 – April 14, 2010
Rockville, Maryland
Sponsored by:
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institute of Mental Health
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

APRIL 14, 2010

What is the treatment you are using with this population? What evidence can you provide of its efficacy?

8:00 - 8:20 Non-augmentative interventions: Laura Schreibman

8:20 - 8:40 Non-augmentative interventions: Connie Kasari

What is the treatment you are using with this population? What evidence can you provide of its efficacy? Can speech and literacy result from use of augmentative devices? Can useful communication via augmentative devices be obtained for this population?